What were some of the major ethnic, social, and
religious conflicts that dominated the newly independent countries of
Eastern Europe and the Balkans?

Which Eastern
European country became a model of democracy in the 1920s and 1930s?
Why?

Why did the German government resort to
military force in early 1919 that badly damaged its new democracy?

Why was inflation such a huge problem facing the newly
created Weimar Republic [see

doc.
on pg. 853]?

Why were the the
political extremes in Germany growing at the expense of the political
center in the 1920s?

What was the major
governmental focus in both France and Britain during the "Roaring
20s?"
Why wasn't this decade so "roaring" in Europe?

How did most of Ireland finally gain its independence from Britain?
What areas still remain united to Britain today?

In regard to international relations, how did the period
1924-1930 reflect some of the idealism of the Paris Peace Conference?

What was the Dawes Plan? How successful was it in
resolving the debt crises of the mid-1920s?

Identify the various methods [treaties, negotiations, agreements, etc.]
used by the European powers and the United States to established and
maintain peace and military disarmament during the 1920s. Why
might some of those methods be considered politically naive?

Why can it be said that World War I "ushered in a new
era?" What "new" political, economic, social, military, conditions
dominated Europe by the end of the 1920s?

Assignment #2

Sources:

textbook: mid-pg. 873 to top of
pg. 879.

Questions:

What were the basic principles of Freudian
psychology? What were some of the implications of his thinking?

Why were Freud's ideas so offensive to so many people?
How did his theories clash with Christianity?

Identify some of the literary themes of the European
writers of the 1920s and 1930s. How did they reflect the
ideologies, tensions, and conflicts of their age?

What was a major goal of many of the art movements of
the early 20c?

According to Marinetti's
"Futurist Manifesto,"

what were the objectives of futurism?

How did Oswald Spengler view history and civilizations?

What was the foundation of Einstein's Theory of
Relativity?

What were the implications of the
Quantum Theory of Max Planck? How did Einstein and Planck
challenge the basic premises of Newtonian physics?

What was the "uncertainty principle" proposed by the
German physicist, Werner Hersenberg?

What were some of the other scientific discoveries
of the period that improved the standard of living and recreation
during the "Jazz Age?"

What were the major characteristics of modern dictatorship or
totalitarianism? the limitations of totalitarian rule?

Who were Hitler's political and cultural targets?

What were Hitler's basic racist and political views? How were
these views a reflection of some 19c and early 20c political and
scientific thinkers [see doc. on pg.
888]?

Which groups in Germany society were the biggest supports of the
Nazis? Why?

Why did the Weimar Republic collapse in the early 1930s?

How did Hitler and the Nazis actually come to power?

What were some of the impressive economic successes of the early
Nazi years? How was Hitler able to accomplish this in the midst of
the global depression?

What Nazi policies were focused on women and children? How did
Nazi propaganda make all Germans feel that they were part of a great
cultural struggle?

How did the Nazis deal with the Christian churches in Germany?

Why were Jews primary targets of Nazi hatred? How was Nazi
ideology reflected in the Nuremberg Laws?

Assignment #5

Sources:

textbook: pg. 879 - 881; mid-pg.
895 - pg. 896.

Questions:

What was the political pattern followed by many of
the governments in Eastern Europe in the 1930s? How supportive
were they of fascism?

How did Austria move
closer to a fascist regime by the mid-1930s?

What were the causes of the Spanish Civil War? Identify the
different sides in the conflict.

What were
some of the things that the various fascist movements in Europe had in
common? What were the real fears that many Europeans of all
classes had in the inter-war years that fascism seemed to address?

How did Britain and France and the other Western democracies respond
to the Spanish Civil War?

Why did Franco and his Nationalist forces
ultimately win?

What were the political, economic, and military
effects for Spain and the rest of Europe of the Spanish Civil War?